Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-03-25

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Mar 25
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
2,330 head
▲ 690 vs last sale 1,640▲ 2,330 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to this being a special sale. Stocker steers and heifers had a higher undertone, 700 wts steers weaker a undertone noted. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs had a higher undertone. CME Feeder cattle futures closed the session with contracts down 40 to 80 cents and nearby March up 37 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 26 cents on March 24, with the average price at $287.25. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.17/cwt on 400 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −37.88 against this barn's trailing median of $379.05.
Average price
$341.17
400 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,879
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$631
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$93.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.13
vs WA average
+19.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552345.951,908328
Small and Medium 1-2554330.291,82962
Small and Medium 2-3507252.001,27810thin
One grade step is worth $93.95/cwt here — about $631 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale400 hd
341.17
—
WA average2 barns · 405 hd
340.05
+1.13
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
+19.43
This barn, trailing median7 sales
379.05
−37.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
470430389349median 379.0503/0309/1510/0610/2010/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.61, low $363.31, median $379.05 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · Toppenish Special Feeder Cattle Auction - Toppenish, WA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Small and Medium 2-3423325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3755
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,88714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8925
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2481367.50/cwt365.00–369.001,76818
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2517331.30/cwt320.00–340.001,71318
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524383.86/cwt372.50–389.002,01129
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577358.25/cwt351.00–362.002,06732
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2592337.82/cwt335.00–339.002,00040
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618343.82/cwt326.00–354.002,12525
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2644311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,00313
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670326.06/cwt306.00–332.002,185136
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2699267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8709
Steers700–750Large 2-3703257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,80712
Steers700–750Large 1726286.10/cwt280.00–295.002,07712
Steers700–750Large 1-2748270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,02010
Steers750–800Large 1-2766271.07/cwt270.00–273.002,07693
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,17212
Steers750–800Large 1784285.57/cwt280.50–300.002,23957
Steers800–850Large 1809275.50/cwt275.50–275.502,22962
Steers850–900Large 1877266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,33314
Steers900–950Large 1937258.29/cwt254.50–264.752,42097
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2344390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3426
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2391359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,4047
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3439280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2299
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440370.13/cwt365.00–376.001,62927
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493332.30/cwt324.00–345.001,63828
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505374.06/cwt349.00–377.501,889148
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3507252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,27810
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2541337.67/cwt330.00–341.001,82748
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590322.83/cwt311.00–332.501,905180
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2598305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,82414
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2634271.80/cwt259.00–289.001,72358
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638308.73/cwt300.00–319.001,97085
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2654284.00/cwt277.00–286.001,85741
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 2-3674256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7259
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685306.28/cwt301.00–307.002,098165
Heifers700–750Large 1-2720259.62/cwt258.00–262.501,86946
Heifers700–750Large 2-3720254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,82912
Heifers700–750Large 1741279.18/cwt271.00–283.002,06931
Heifers750–800Large 1-2766264.35/cwt250.00–268.502,02578
Heifers800–850Large 1816263.70/cwt260.00–273.002,15249
Heifers800–850Large 1-2843246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,07415
Heifers900–950Large 1910245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,23036
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers800–850Large 2-3816235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,92215
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Large 2-3746248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,85010

This sale against other markets

Washington weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Washington auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.